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The Sheep Detectives
In Theaters May 2026

Every mystery assumes someone is paying attention.

In The Sheep Detectives, George is a quiet shepherd who spends his nights reading detective novels aloud to his flock, confident the stories drift past them unheard. When a strange incident unsettles the farm, that assumption collapses. The sheep have been listening. Remembering. Thinking. Faced with a puzzle the humans cannot solve, they decide to investigate it themselves.

What follows is a clever inversion of the classic whodunit. The suspects are human, the clues are misread, and the detectives operate from the margins, observing habits, contradictions, and motives no one thinks to hide. Hugh Jackman leads a sprawling ensemble that includes Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Hong Chau, Patrick Stewart, and Bella Ramsey, each adding texture to a mystery where perspective is everything.

The film leans into wit and warmth without abandoning structure. The puzzle holds, the humor sharpens the stakes, and intelligence becomes the surprise rather than the punchline.

At Alpha Chromatica, stories like this stand out for how they reward attention and curiosity.

Sometimes the sharpest minds are the ones no one thinks to question.